American Vintage Poster Artists

Empire State Express
by Leslie RaganWhile not as abundant as in Europe, and especially in France, there were a few examples of fine poster design in America around the turn of the 19th Century, including Frederick Winthrop Ramsdell and Evelyn Cary. By and large, however, the poster was seem mostly as a vehicle for advertising and promotion relative to which design took a decided backseat to utility. While the American patriotic poster designs created during World War I, by artists such as James Montgomery Flagg and Howard Christy, are certainly interesting as Americana, they aren't particularly daring examples of graphic design. The most mature
Flying Down to Rio
by Paul Lawlerexamples of purely American poster design are from the 1930s and later, as exemplified by Chesley Bonestell, Leslie Ragan, and Paul Lawler, as long distance vacation travel via train, plane, or boat became more usual. Immigrant European poster artists, such as Sacha Maurer (sometimes mispelled as Mauer), for instance, also brought more of a European design-style with them. More recently, contemporary poster artists such as Kerne Erickson have been creating retro poster designs in a classic vintage-inspired style. Satisfaction is guaranteed.* Orders are 100% secure.* Click any thumbnail to view a larger version or make a purchase.

American Vintage Poster Artists (Chronological)

Spirit of Niagara 1901
by Evelyn Rumsey Cary (1855-1921)
24in x 39in

American Crescent Cycles
by Frederick Winthrop Ramsdell (1865-1915)
26in x 38in

I Want You for the U.S. Army, c.1917
by James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960)
18in x 24in / Other Sizes

Orient Cycles
by Edward Penfield (1866-1925)
32in x 44in / Other Sizes

Hood's Sarsaparilla
by William H. Bradley (1868-1962)
44in x 60in / Other Sizes

Gee!! I Wish I Were a Man, c.1918
by Howard Chandler Christy (1873-1952)
18in x 24in

Arrow Dress Collars and Shirts
by Joseph Leyendecker (1874-1951)
24in x 36in / Other Sizes

Men Wanted for the Army
by Isaac Hazelton (1875-1943)
20in x 29in / 12in x 18in

Chicago World's Fair, 1933
by Glen C. Sheffer (1881-1948)
24in x 34in / 37in x 54in

Pennsylvania Railroad, Atlantic City
by Edward M. Eggleston (1882-1941)
24in x 36in

Soldiers of the Sea
by Sydney Riesenberg (1885-1971)
12in x 18in / 20in x 29in

Chicago For the Touris
by Paul Proehl (1887-1965)
24in x 36in

New York Central Building, c.1930
by Chesley Bonestall (1888-1986)
24in x 38in

New Hampshire
by Louise Hechenbleikner (1893-1963)
20in x 30in

20th Century Limited
by Leslie Ragan (1897-1972)
24in x 36in / 18in x 24in

Pennsylvania Railroad, Washington D.C.
by Grif Teller (1899-1993)
18in x 24in / Other Sizes

World's Fair, New York, c.1939
by Nembhard N. Culin (1908-1990)
38in x 56in

Rosie the Riveter
by J. Howard Miller (1918-2004)
24in x 36in

Flying Down to Rio
by Paul George Lawler (19??-??)
9in x 13in / 26in x 38in

United States Lines
by R.S. Pike (19??-??)
24in x 36in

Hiawatha, 1937
by Gunmach (19??-??)
24in x 36in

Chicago Transit
by Johnson (19??-??)
24in x 36in

Hiawatha, 1953
by Addison (19??-??)
24in x 36in

The Lindbergh Line, San Francisco, California
by Kerne Erickson (195?- )
26in x 38in

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